Back when Gaming World used to shine

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The One

#1 July 10, 2009, 03:42:42 pm

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Hey guys I thought we should take a moment to reminisce the time Gaming World used to shine.

Everyone take a deep breath and gaze upon the Gaming World we used to love: Click

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Dale Gobbler

#2 July 10, 2009, 03:48:27 pm

Meh.
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what was the winning vote for xanqui

m
o hap

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kentona

#3 July 10, 2009, 03:50:29 pm

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Sweet. Now I can implement that caterpillar system I always wanted.

..:: Full game is released. Download it now! ::..

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fatty

#4 July 10, 2009, 04:07:07 pm

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I don't know what to say so I am going to conclude by putting my pencil inside my drawer.

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kentona

#5 July 10, 2009, 04:15:00 pm

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hah! I just noticed that the Misaos were going on, too. Awesome.

..:: Full game is released. Download it now! ::..

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Bonehead

#6 July 10, 2009, 04:24:07 pm

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The threshold for reminiscing past glorious days is 10+ years, respectively 2+ years on the internets.

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Brad

#7 July 10, 2009, 04:31:30 pm

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Jesus christ dude, when my eyes were hit by all that colour they started to warm up almost like they were being fed candy ...

Nice find

R.I.P Steel

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xanque

#8 July 10, 2009, 04:47:43 pm

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man, this is from when the mainsite was thriving. Articles were posted daily, the comments were working, and people actually looked at it for more than ten seconds at a time.

Also I had my stupid Asuka avatar.

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datamanc3r

#9 July 10, 2009, 04:49:10 pm

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You guys are tarded. We're going to have a great mainsite and according to drule "It is gonna be super duper cool and GW is going to be all active again, believe you me!" So stop wallowing in the death of old GW and let's make some goddamn games.

By the way, I hear you're a wookie.

"I would be totally embarassed to write this, even as a fakepost. it's not funny except in how you seem to think it's good. look at all the redundancies, for fuck's sake. "insipid semantics, despicable mediocrity" ugh gross gross. I want to take a shower every time I read your prose." -Steel

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Brad

#10 July 10, 2009, 04:51:42 pm

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Quote from: Juris on July 10, 2009, 04:49:10 pm

You guys are tarded. We're going to have a great mainsite and according to drule "It is gonna be super duper cool and GW is going to be all active again, believe you me!" So stop wallowing in the death of old GW and let's make some goddamn games.

By the way, I hear you're a wookie.

It's a possibility, sure..

Maybe if we didn't wait 1 year + in between

R.I.P Steel

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VinceP

#11 July 10, 2009, 04:57:44 pm

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I love Wayback Machine. You can even go read tutorials and articles! Those were the days.

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skarik

#12 July 10, 2009, 04:57:59 pm

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Dang. That place rocked.

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UPRC

#13 July 10, 2009, 05:00:45 pm

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A time in GW's history when Coaster Craft Gold wasn't on the main page... I-Impossible!!!!

I miss adding games/resources to the old GW. It was a lot of fun.

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xanque

#14 July 10, 2009, 05:06:51 pm

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If you want to read all of GW's articles, they are located here:

http://leafo.net/gwtemp/articles/

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VinceP

#15 July 10, 2009, 05:06:57 pm

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Why did we ever even need a new main site? Why couldn't GW 5 just have been fixed?

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UPRC

#16 July 10, 2009, 05:09:26 pm

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Quote from: VinceP on July 10, 2009, 05:06:57 pm

Why did we ever even need a new main site? Why couldn't GW 5 just have been fixed?

Well GW6 (I think?) was supposed to be a beefed up version and it was looking REALLY great. People were actually looking forward to it. But then a few collective minds decided to replace GW with a blog before GZ attempted some form of an actual site. Now we're back to a blog.

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datamanc3r

#17 July 10, 2009, 05:13:05 pm

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Well I'd still like to see the new site because I'm sure they busted ass working on it, but I definitely wouldn't mind seeing something like old GW5 sometime again. But as was suggested in the other thread, I think we should center ourselves around a new program. What do the dev guys have to say?

"I would be totally embarassed to write this, even as a fakepost. it's not funny except in how you seem to think it's good. look at all the redundancies, for fuck's sake. "insipid semantics, despicable mediocrity" ugh gross gross. I want to take a shower every time I read your prose." -Steel

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#18 July 10, 2009, 05:14:43 pm

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Quote from: Juris on July 10, 2009, 05:13:05 pm

Well I'd still like to see the new site because I'm sure they busted ass working on it, but I definitely wouldn't mind seeing something like old GW5 sometime again. But as was suggested in the other thread, I think we should center ourselves around a new program. What do the dev guys have to say?

I'd say Indie Game Maker if it wasn't for the fact that it is so damn user-unfriendly.

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kentona

#19 July 10, 2009, 05:17:13 pm

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I'm stuck in the past with Rm2k3, but that's okay because I am unambitious. Wasn't the last attempt targetted at the "Indie" game crowd? I agree that maybe it was to vague to be successful. Maybe GW could make themselves as the site targetting people wanting to transition from RPG Maker to other slightly more complex tools like Lite-C, Game Maker, Java and XNA/C# Express.

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fatty

#20 July 10, 2009, 05:21:11 pm

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Quote from: Xanqui on July 10, 2009, 04:47:43 pm

man, this is from when the mainsite was thriving. Articles were posted daily, the comments were working, and people actually looked at it for more than ten seconds at a time.

Also I had my stupid Asuka avatar.

Didn't you have another account too? What was its name?

Quote from: VinceP on July 10, 2009, 05:06:57 pm

Why did we ever even need a new main site? Why couldn't GW 5 just have been fixed?

It was incompatible with the forums and everyone just thought the mainsite needed a "fresh new look". I personally would've been okay even if the main page was still untouched and stuck back at the roller coaster gold era, but it's not my choice to make. I really don't think this should turn into another layout debate.

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